48 Hours a Day

Zhang Heng looked at his character panel and found that his skills had finally changed from two to three, but the scrupulous evaluation below remained unchanged.

Since Brother Shorts taught him how to make bows and arrows, Zhang Heng's daily activities have added another one.

He plotted an area on the beach, specializing in shooting.

Although he used the knowledge taught by Ed and Brother Shorts to get rid of food and fresh water, he even moved out of the old cave full of bird dung and into his own house.

However, a new crisis emerged soon after material life had improved.

Ed once said that the greatest enemy for those who master wilderness survival skills will never be nature, but yourself.

Once the basic survival needs have been met, the vast majority of people will then enter a state of obscurity and, after losing purpose and momentum, be alone on a deserted island, soon surrounded by a great sense of loneliness.

Therefore, Zhang Heng had to find additional things to do to keep his body and brain busy at all times, so that he could not think about the fact that he was on the desert island.

Zhang Heng set himself a new goal, considering that he still has more than 400 days to live here (while studying with Xiao).

He decided to go on an expedition to the centre of the island.

So far, his range of activity has been limited to the outer periphery of the island, up to a short distance into the pristine forest in search of wood that could spark fire, where he found animal bones on the ground in addition to wild chickens, which also seems to prove the presence of predators.

Since then, he has carefully controlled his area of activity, away from the pristine forest, after all, beachside resources have been enough for him to survive.

But now, in order to counter this terrible sense of loneliness, Zhang Heng needs a goal to sustain his life.

Just go to the center of the island and see what's there.

After setting the goals, Zhang Heng began to engage his whole body and mind, working towards this end.

Given the presence of predators in the forest, he first needs to be as self-reliant as possible.

Brother Shorts taught him how to manufacture two kinds of long-range weapons, bows and arrows and stone throwing ropes.

The latter is the easiest to make, but the hardest to use, with extremely strict requirements for the angle and timing of stone throwing. A little sooner or later, you will find that the stones thrown are 18,000 miles away from your goal.

It's not easy to hit a target four or five times in a hundred.

Conversely, the bow and arrow are better, easy to manipulate, and Zhang Heng himself has a certain archery foundation. In the training course, the coach taught him standard posture, strength and breathing skills.

All he lacks is practice.

And it's not a lazy thing to do, it's only a matter of time, and even if it turns into 48 hours a day in the real world, because there's too much to do, he can't spend too much time on a hobby.

And now, on this deserted island, where he is alone, the most important thing is time.

From the inverted bows sold at the mall to the handmade original bows, it is undoubtedly a complete downgrade in consumption.

Compared to the former, the accuracy and durability of the latter are somewhat worrisome. Opening a bow requires more effort, and Zhang Heng uses the bark rope as a bow string for more than 100 pulls to risk breaking, with an average lifespan of around 150 arrows.

The standard practice he set for himself was 300 arrows per day, so he needed to replace the bowstrings twice.

On the 172nd day of Arid Island, Zhang Heng can basically achieve the stationary target within 10 meters. Thirty meters also has a 70% hit rate. Beyond this distance, the threat of simple bows and arrows in his hands will be greatly reduced.

He was then prompted to upgrade his arrow skills from lv0 to lv1.

Zhang Heng is still somewhat dissatisfied, his goal is to practice arrow technology to lv2 before going deeper into the pristine forest, so that he can have enough self-preservation power.

Zhang Heng had no leisure time apart from practicing arrows. He had moved into the tile room from the cave, but only lived on the edge of the forest. After transferring all the households, he burned out a new batch of pottery, and now finally lived a life of eating in bowls.

With the arrow technique that has risen to lv1, Zhang Heng went a little deeper into the forest, and reached the vicinity of the last time he searched for firewood, he did run into the last thing that was suspicious of wild chickens.

The latter seemed to laugh at Zhang Heng for having no choice but to make two strange yin and yang noises when they looked at each other, and then spread their feet and drilled into the bush.

The next moment, his body was pierced by a wooden arrow falling from the sky.

At the same moment, Zhang Heng's ear sounded again.

Successful hunting, +3 game points, you can see the relevant information in the character panel…

Zhang Heng's palms were covered in sweat, and there were only seven meters between him and the animal suspected of being a wild chicken. This was a more reliable distance, but once the other party ran, his quasi would drop dramatically.

So the arrow was more urgent than usual, and his breathing was a little scattered when the arrow was fired, but good practice worked in the usual moment, and the chicken was fat so that he didn't lose the shot.

That thing fluttered a few more times, and finally I was unwilling to go backstage to collect my lunch.

Zhang Heng walked over and completed the arrow retrieval before squatting down to see what he had gained.

This is a creature that looks a little strange. Zhang Heng initially thought it was a wild chicken, but if you look closely, the beak of this thing is more like a duck, but the front end is curved, and it is much bigger than a wild chicken. It has blue and gray feathers and small wings, but has two small chunky legs underneath.

This thing looks a little ugly...

Zhang Hengzheng had been to a bird atlas, but he couldn't find it on it either, but since it was eaten by fruits and seeds, theoretically, maybe, should... eat it too.

Zhang Heng wasn't without meat during this time on the island, but the seafood scent of fish and shrimp crabs is meat that doesn't run on land anyway.

Ever since he last saw this suspicious wild chicken thing, Zhang Heng hit the other party with the idea. Unfortunately, at that time, there was nothing he could do to take these things around the ground. Now he can't wait to stretch his claws to these innocent little creatures.

In the end, Zhang Heng returned from his first hunt, in addition to this 15-kilo “wild chicken”, he accidentally found a piece of wild potato on his way home.

Rich in starch, it can be used as a staple food. At the same time, the yield is very high. Zhang Heng did not eat much. Only two of the biggest ones were left waiting to be stewed with chicken at night. After the rest was dug out, he was carefully packed into a basket, intending to go back and cultivate a vegetable garden by the tile house.

This stuff grows fast, and once it's processed, it can be eaten by active potatoes.